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| Broadcast area | Cheyenne, Wyoming Northern Colorado |
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| Frequency | 92.9MHz |
| Branding | 92.9 The Bear |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic rock |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| K235BT,K246CI,KBPI,KCOL,KIIX,KOLT-FM,KSME,KXBG | |
| History | |
First air date | 1978 (as KMOR-FM in Scottsbluff, NE) |
Former call signs | KMOR-FM (1978–2007) KOLT-FM (2007–2016) KYWY (2016–2017) |
Call sign meaning | KPAW means a Bears Paw. (92.9 The Bear station name) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 67474 |
| Class | C2 |
| ERP | 33,000watts |
| HAAT | 185 meters (607 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°4′34.9″N105°12′11.9″W / 41.076361°N 105.203306°W /41.076361; -105.203306 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | thebear929 |
KPAW (92.9FM) is a radio stationlicensed toWarren AFB, Wyoming. Owned byiHeartMedia, it broadcasts aclassic rock format branded as92.9 The Bear.
The station was assigned the call letters KOLT-FM on February 7, 2007. It was known previously as aRegional Mexican, prior to that acountry music station, and the original frequency toKMOR-FM inScottsbluff, Nebraska, which broadcast aclassic rock format before the move to Cheyenne.[2]
As of 2016, it operated with ahot adult contemporary format as92.9 The Boss. KOLT-FM was acquired byiHeartMedia in January 2016, after its previous owner, Tracy Broadcasting Company, defaulted on a loan and was repossessed by the Valley Bank & Trust. In April 2016, the station flipped toadult contemporary asStar 92.9, and adopted the call lettersKYWY (theKOLT-FM calls were then assumed by a sister country station).[3][4]
On July 27, 1975,KCOL-FM first signed on.[5] It was thesister station toAM 1410KCOL (now onAM 600). KCOL-FM aired abeautiful music format. In 1988, the station switched to aTop 40 format asKIMN, which were the call letters of a popular Top 40 station in Denver in past years. The station took the call letters KPAW in 1995, at first keeping its Top 40 sound, then moving toclassic hits around 2000, and later to classic rock.
On December 5, 2017, iHeartMedia moved KPAW's intellectual unit and call sign to the 92.9 frequency (formerly held by sister station KYWY, which moved its adult contemporary format toKOLT-HD2 and translator stationK246CI), so it could shiftKBPI's programming to 107.9 from 106.7 (which briefly warehoused the KYWY calls before flipping tocountry music asKWBL) to form atrimulcast (107.9 KDZA in Colorado Springs also flipped to a simulcast of KBPI, while the station operates a translator on 107.9 in Denver), which officially launched on December 11, 2017. iHeartMedia promoted that this change strengthened the station's signal and reach.[6]